spartan

Example Sentences

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The question was about the student section’s harassment of former Spartan Xavier Booker, which seemed like a legitimate query considering Booker had a terrible game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital Securities calls it an implicit threat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“That’s relieving to the market,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

The war comes to be defined by the Spartan general Brasidas, who goes on to wrong-foot Thucydides in 424 B.C., and Cleon, who may have engineered Thucydides’ exile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The faithful sat on little stools of orange and blue under the merciless lights of the high school cafeteria, but the Spartan setting didn’t bother them a bit.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger